Moscow, Russia
Monument to Yuri Gagarin
This massive monument honors the first human in space.
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Moscow, Russia
This massive monument honors the first human in space.
Moscow, Russia
World's largest bell sits on the grounds of the Kremlin in Moscow.
Darlington, England
A piece of public art commemorating the world's first Black professional footballer.
Darlington, England
The world's oldest railway bridge in continuous use.
Knaresborough, England
A 600-year-old mini shrine guarded by a sword-wielding knight hides in a crumbling cliff face.
Ripon, England
One of the oldest and certainly best preserved Cistercian abbeys still in existence.
Ilkley, England
This strange moor has a song written about it, Bronze Age carvings, and an alien sighting.
Nantwich, England
On a site with a long military history, a 1980s shelter.
London, England
Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.
Turnov, Czechia
Bohemian paradise covered in majestic forests.
Kutna Hora, Czechia
A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.
Bucharest, Romania
This communist behemoth is the heaviest building in the world and a legacy of a brutal regime.
Constanța, Romania
Once an opulent Art Nouveau hotspot, the Constanța Casino is one of Romania's most beautiful abandoned buildings.
Paphos, Cyprus
An ancient necropolis of magnificent tombs.
London, England
A decommissioned tube carriage within a London museum hosts a regular pop-up supper club.
London, England
A collection of comics, graphic novels, animation and caricatures devoted to exploring this often overlooked art form.
London, England
A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.
London, England
The site of London’s first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.
London, England
A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.
London, England
This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.
London, England
Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.
London, England
Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.
Harrogate, England
Where Agatha Christie mysteriously disappeared in 1926.
Richmond, England
At 1,732 feet above sea level, this spectacularly isolated yet surprisingly bustling bar is the highest pub in Britain.